美国概况,历史,文化等(英文版).docx

The culture of the United States Literature/wiki/Mark_TwainMark Twain is regarded as among the greatest writers in American history.Main article: /wiki/Literature_of_the_United_StatesLiterature of the United StatesThe right to freedom of expression in the American constitution can be traced to German immigrant /wiki/John_Peter_ZengerJohn Peter Zenger and his legal fight to make truthful publications in the Colonies a protected legal right, ultimately paving the way for the protected rights of American authors./wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States[23]/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States[24]In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, American art and literature took most of its cues from Europe. During its early history, America was a series of /wiki/British_colonization_of_the_AmericasBritish colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of /wiki/English_literatureEnglish literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition.[citation needed]Writers such as /wiki/Nathaniel_HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne, /wiki/Edgar_Allan_PoeEdgar Allan Poe, and /wiki/Henry_David_ThoreauHenry David Thoreau established a distinctive American literary voice by the middle of the nineteenth century. /wiki/Mark_TwainMark Twain and poet /wiki/Walt_WhitmanWalt Whitman were major figures in the centurys second half; /wiki/Emily_DickinsonEmily Dickinson, virtually unknown during her lifetime, would be recognized as Americas other essential poet. Eleven U.S. citizens have won the /wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_LiteratureNobel Prize in Literature, most recently /wiki/Toni_MorrisonToni Morrison in 1993. /wiki/Ernest_HemingwayErnest Hemingway, the 1954 Nobel laureate, is often named as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century./wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States[25]A work seen as capturing fundamen